Fatal crash in Digby County

The Digby RCMP are investigating a fatal single vehicle crash that occurred on Middle Cross Road in Marshalltown.

On July 18, just after midnight, the police received a report of a vehicle in the ditch and no occupants in the vehicle.

The police attended and located the driver a short distance from the car. The driver had been ejected from the vehicle, the RCMP said.

The victim, a 21-year-old man from Digby County, was pronounced deceased at the scene.

There were no other vehicles or persons involved.

An RCMP collision reconstructionist attended the scene and the road remained closed for several hours. The investigation is ongoing.

"Our thoughts are with the victim's family at this difficult time," read an RCMP media release.

The RCMP did not release the young man's name.